1.
Electric Circuits and Fields (15 Marks)
1.1 Basic concepts: resistance, inductance, capacitance, and factors affecting them.
1.2 Circuit laws: Ohm’s law, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, resonance.
1.3 Ideal current and voltage sources, source conversions.
1.4 Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition, and Maximum Power Transfer theorems.
1.5 Simple circuit solutions using network theorems.
1.6 Three-phase circuits, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws.
1.7 Inductance, dielectrics, capacitance.
2. Control Systems (10 Marks)
2.1 Basic control system components.
2.2 Block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams.
2.3 Open-loop and closed-loop (feedback) systems.
2.4 Stability analysis of these systems.
3. Electrical and Electronic Measurements (15 Marks)
3.1 Bridges and potentiometers.
3.2 PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer, and induction-type instruments.
3.3 Extension of range, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy, and power factor.
3.4 Instrument transformers.
3.5 Digital voltmeters and multimeters.
3.6 Phase, time, and frequency measurement.
3.7 Q-meters, oscilloscopes.
3.8 Transducers: measurement of displacement, flow, and temperature.
3.9 Megger.
3.10 Measurements of active and reactive power, measurement of energy.
4. Electronic Devices and Circuits (10 Marks)
4.1 Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon.
4.2 Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity.
4.3 p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, avalanche
photo diode.
4.4 Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs.
4.5 Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifier.
4.6 Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers.
4.7 Single-stage and multi-stage amplifiers, tuned voltage amplifiers.
4.8 Operational, feedback, and power amplifiers.
4.9 Frequency response of amplifiers.
4.10 Simple op-amp circuits.
4.11 Filters.
4.12 Sinusoidal oscillators: criterion for oscillation, single-transistor and op-amp configurations.
4.13 Function generators and wave-shaping circuits.
4.14 555 Timer IC and its applications.
4.15 Power supplies.
5. Digital Electronics and Microprocessor (10 Marks)
5.1 Number systems: Binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal, BCD and their conversions.
5.2 Binary and hexadecimal addition, subtraction, multiplication.
5.3 1’s and 2’s complement methods of addition/subtraction.
5.4 Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions.
5.5 Logic gates.
5.6 Digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS).
5.7 Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs.
5.8 Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift registers.
5.9 ADCs, DACs.
5.10 Semiconductor memories.
5.11 Microprocessor (8085): architecture, instruction set, programming, memory, and I/O
interfacing.
5.12 Study of peripheral chips: 8251, 8155, 8257, 8259.
6. Power Electronics and Drives (10 Marks)
6.1 Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, and MOSFETs – static characteristics
and principles of operation.
6.2 Triggering circuits.
6.3 Phase control rectifiers.
6.4 Bridge converters – fully controlled and half controlled.
6.5 Choppers and inverters.
6.6 Concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives.
7. Electrical Machines (25 Marks)
7.1 Single-phase transformer – equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation, and efficiency.
7.2 Three-phase transformers – connections, parallel operation, autotransformer.
7.3 Energy conversion principles, Electro-mechanical energy conversion.
7.4 DC machines – types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction, and commutation.
7.5 Starting and speed control of DC motors.
7.6 Three-phase induction motors – principles, types, performance characteristics.
7.7 Starting and speed control of three-phase induction motors.
7.8 Single-phase induction motors.
7.9 Synchronous machines – performance, regulation, and parallel operation of generators.
7.10 Motor starting, characteristics, and applications.
7.11 Servo and stepper motors.
7.12 Braking of DC and AC motors.
8. Power Systems (25 Marks)
8.1 Basic power generation concepts.
8.2 Transmission line models and performance.
8.3 Cable performance and insulation.
8.4 Corona and radio interference.
8.5 Distribution systems.
8.6 Power factor correction.
8.7 Economic operation.
8.8 Symmetrical components.
8.9 Principles of over-current, differential, and distance protection.
8.10 Generator, feeder, transformer, and bus-bar protection.
8.11 Lightning protection.
8.12 Solid state relays and circuit breakers.
8.13 Sub-station practices.
8.14 Load frequency control.
8.15 Tariffs.
8.16 Earthing.
8.17 Utilization of electrical energy: Illumination, electrical heating and welding, electroplating.
1. Electric Circuits and Fields (15 Marks)
1.1 Basic concepts: resistance, inductance, capacitance, and factors affecting them.
1.2 Circuit laws: Ohm’s law, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, resonance.
1.3 Ideal current and voltage sources, source conversions.
1.4 Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition, and Maximum Power Transfer theorems.
1.5 Simple circuit solutions using network theorems.
1.6 Three-phase circuits, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws.
1.7 Inductance, dielectrics, capacitance.
2. Control Systems (10 Marks)
2.1 Basic control system components.
2.2 Block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams.
2.3 Open-loop and closed-loop (feedback) systems.
2.4 Stability analysis of these systems.
3. Electrical and Electronic Measurements (15 Marks)
3.1 Bridges and potentiometers.
3.2 PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer, and induction-type instruments.
3.3 Extension of range, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy, and power factor.
3.4 Instrument transformers.
3.5 Digital voltmeters and multimeters.
3.6 Phase, time, and frequency measurement.
3.7 Q-meters, oscilloscopes.
3.8 Transducers: measurement of displacement, flow, and temperature.
3.9 Megger.
3.10 Measurements of active and reactive power, measurement of energy.
4. Electronic Devices and Circuits (10 Marks)
4.1 Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon.
4.2 Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity.
4.3 p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, avalanche
photo diode.
4.4 Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs.
4.5 Simple diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifier.
4.6 Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers.
4.7 Single-stage and multi-stage amplifiers, tuned voltage amplifiers.
4.8 Operational, feedback, and power amplifiers.
4.9 Frequency response of amplifiers.
4.10 Simple op-amp circuits.
4.11 Filters.
4.12 Sinusoidal oscillators: criterion for oscillation, single-transistor and op-amp configurations.
4.13 Function generators and wave-shaping circuits.
4.14 555 Timer IC and its applications.
4.15 Power supplies.
5. Digital Electronics and Microprocessor (10 Marks)
5.1 Number systems: Binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal, BCD and their conversions.
5.2 Binary and hexadecimal addition, subtraction, multiplication.
5.3 1’s and 2’s complement methods of addition/subtraction.
5.4 Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions.
5.5 Logic gates.
5.6 Digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS).
5.7 Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs.
5.8 Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift registers.
5.9 ADCs, DACs.
5.10 Semiconductor memories.
5.11 Microprocessor (8085): architecture, instruction set, programming, memory, and I/O
interfacing.
5.12 Study of peripheral chips: 8251, 8155, 8257, 8259.
6. Power Electronics and Drives (10 Marks)
6.1 Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, and MOSFETs – static characteristics
and principles of operation.
6.2 Triggering circuits.
6.3 Phase control rectifiers.
6.4 Bridge converters – fully controlled and half controlled.
6.5 Choppers and inverters.
6.6 Concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives.
7. Electrical Machines (25 Marks)
7.1 Single-phase transformer – equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation, and efficiency.
7.2 Three-phase transformers – connections, parallel operation, autotransformer.
7.3 Energy conversion principles, Electro-mechanical energy conversion.
7.4 DC machines – types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction, and commutation.
7.5 Starting and speed control of DC motors.
7.6 Three-phase induction motors – principles, types, performance characteristics.
7.7 Starting and speed control of three-phase induction motors.
7.8 Single-phase induction motors.
7.9 Synchronous machines – performance, regulation, and parallel operation of generators.
7.10 Motor starting, characteristics, and applications.
7.11 Servo and stepper motors.
7.12 Braking of DC and AC motors.
8. Power Systems (25 Marks)
8.1 Basic power generation concepts.
8.2 Transmission line models and performance.
8.3 Cable performance and insulation.
8.4 Corona and radio interference.
8.5 Distribution systems.
8.6 Power factor correction.
8.7 Economic operation.
8.8 Symmetrical components.
8.9 Principles of over-current, differential, and distance protection.
8.10 Generator, feeder, transformer, and bus-bar protection.
8.11 Lightning protection.
8.12 Solid state relays and circuit breakers.
8.13 Sub-station practices.
8.14 Load frequency control.
8.15 Tariffs.
8.16 Earthing.
8.17 Utilization of electrical energy: Illumination, electrical heating and welding, electroplating.
